LUSTFUL Synonyms: 61 Similar and Opposite Words

lustful

adjective

ˈləst-fəl

Definition of lustful next

as in passionate

having a strong sexual desire a chronically lustful college jock who was always chasing after girls

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Recent Examples of lustful The two admit to having always loved each other (that's not a spoiler; the book is nearly 200 years old) and begin a steamy, lustful affair. —

Amanda Luberto, AZCentral.com, 11 Feb. 2026 The film is a wild, funny, lustful, food-centric quest that fuses Western moviemaking styles with Japanese ideas. —

Ilana Gordon, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Feb. 2026 Just don’t make the mistake of thinking that all the girls from 20 to 54 who haven’t glanced in your direction in 25 years are suddenly going to swoon with lustful gazes. —

Oc Register, 18 Jan. 2026 Long before the yelling and the lustful soil came the rabbit. —

Literary Hub, 8 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for lustful

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Set in Los Angeles, the film follows AJ, a shy teenager who loves skateboarding and drawing, and Kristen, a passionate surfer.

— Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 19 May 2026
Much of the film is set in and around a Parisian elder-care facility, and Hamaguchi guides us through its rooms and hallways, its meetings and rituals, with a patience and passionate granularity worthy of the late documentary filmmaker Frederick Wiseman.

— Justin Chang, New Yorker, 18 May 2026